On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 04:24, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr> wrote:
>> In math class, maybe. But in programming, no. Multiset is a
>> datatype. Array is a different datatype. There is no reason why we
>> need to clutter our parser with extra keywords to support a
>> non-standard feature extension.
>
> My understanding is that we will have to have those functions defined
> and user visible, and that we benefit from function overloading which is
> not in the standard. So there's no reason not to provide those function
> for arrays already, then extend to full multiset support.
>
> Given PostgreSQL overloading, yes, arrays are multisets as far as
> defining those standard compliant APIs is concerned. AFAIUI.
Yes, I'd like to use overloading.
Choosing arbitrary names increases learning costs for users.
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Itagaki Takahiro